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■ —:-■ - -~i ' y*.SppSgpFS?®<59*a. h. belo & co., Publishers.cijrcu latjlox equalTO THAT OF ALLthe other daily press OF THE STATE CO MBT VTD. Saturday, December SO, 1SS2.The doctors reported Gambetta's improve-ment so often and so vaguely that a sad case ofpyemia was suspected. The latest report showsthat the trouble is serious. The doctors arenow talking of cutting Gambetta's stomachopen in order to remove an abscess.All acid fruits and vegetables, usually putup in cans, ought to be put up in glass orearthenware jars on account of the fact thatthe acids combine with metal and form apoison. A death was reported in New York afew days ago from eating canned vegetables.The chief signal officer. General Hazen, hasundertaken to refute the reasonings of theCanadian storm prophet, Mr. Wiggins. Hesays the track of Mr. Wiggins's storm for nextMarch would be an exception to the usual lawsof storms. He thinks that the assertion ofplanetary influence smacks of astrology..Mr. George argues that peasant proprietor-ship will not help the agricultural laborers,the artisans and the people generally of theIrish cities. The reason why many landlordswho fear nationalization would willinglyindorse peasant proprietorship is that tho smallowners would then become a bodyguard forthem.The London Times correspondent at Brusselssays that the brothers Armand and LeonPeltzer, who were sentenced to death for mur-dering M. Bernays, are certain not to be exe-cuted, as death sentences in Belgium arecommuted. The Peitzers will api>eal againstthe verdict on the ground of informality in theform of procedure.At Chicago the West Division Street Rail-way company are seriously considering theidea of running their ears by electricity.Elmer A. Sporey, of'Cort land, N. Y., is theprojector of the system. Jt is understood thatthe electricity as applied will, besides runningthe cars, furnish light therefor, and will lightthe track for a third of a mile ahead of thecar. Ax old English lady who makes herself upto look young, wears fals1 pars. She says thatears readily show gas of age Hers arewhite, because bloodless, j ao artificial 4iarswith which she covers them are tinted. Uponthis subject a society writer v arus ladies ifthe}* will use carmine 011 their faces they oughtto put some on their ears too, instead of thedeath-like white powder.The relations between Germany, Austriaand Russia are cordial and Russia has gatheredal>out Tu.000 or >«„»,; troops on the Asiaticfrontier of Turkey, and the Austrian war officeis busy, it has just approver! and adopted aland torpedo invented bv LieutenantZubowits,who some time ago rode on horseback from Vi-enna to Paris. It is said ant in a quarter ofan hour sixty men can render the front of ait3rposition absolutely unassailable by placing afew of the land torpedoes or artificial mines onthe ground.A writer in the L >nion World, who doesclub gossip, reports an impression that BakerPa^ha has been victimized. With the fullknowledge oi' the British government, thekhedive appointed him to reorganize theEgyptian army, and 110 object! »n was raiseduntil he had fully matured hi:- plans, when,with unexpected suddenness, Lord Granvilledisclaimed all approval of the arrangement,and, to the .indignant surprise of the partiesmost immediately concerned, it necessarilyfell through.The New York Herald h is a special fromMexico city, stating that Mr. G. Tyng hasdelivered to the Mer.'can government the for-feited property of the Tehuantepec Railroadcompany. The government pays the company5il.< >25.000 for the road constructed, the rollingstock, material, etc. One hundred and twenty -five thousand dollars in Mexican silver are al-ready paid, and of the balance > 4 )0,000 will bepaid in April, and $100,000 per month there-after until the completion of the payment —tlio future payments to be made in Americangold.Judge Arxocx. ol New York, has decidedthat the Jewish Sabbath is not recognized b_>the code, and the mayor of the city refuses toissue a license for the Passion Play. Suchrulings and actions smack of religious bigotry.It is scarcely reasonable tc suppose that themayor is made a censor. Each person whogoes to see a play is a part of the public cen-sorship of a free country. Where there is 110patronage there is no play. 1 f the house- 01*play is disorderly, there are laws and courts totake action after the police shall have sum-moned the offenders.The Camden Post argues, in reply to aNorth American Review critic, that thoughnewspaper men are open to the heinous chargeof trying to make money, ir is a singular andstriking fact that, while they draw their sup-port from the public at large, they pander lessto the popular prejudice and are more gener-ally in advance of popular sentiment thanmembers of most other professions, and arealways running counter to some popular fal-lacy or breaking down some barrier reared byvice and ignorancc, which even religious andmoral instructors are too conservative to copewith. Ijt consequence of a decision of the SupremeCourt that the lawful test of the saccharinestrength of sugar i_> the old-fashioned Dutchcolor standard, and not the polariscope, thegovernment has to refund between $2,000,000and $3,000,000 to sugar importers for excess ofduties charged. It is reported that one firmrecovers $900,000. The blunder of the treasurydepartment under ex-Seeretarj* John Shermancost the people many millions in the enhancedprice of sugar, for of course the importers anddomestic manufacturers made buyers pay forthe extra rate of a quarter or a half cent perpound. Now the importers get their moneyback, the domestic manufacturer.-: have hadthe advantage of the extra protection, andhave put so much into their pockets, but thepublic get no rebate.According to the theory of the land nation-alizes mines ought to belong to the State.More than three-fourths of the yield of copperin the United States is obtained in Michiganand is what is called native copper—that is,pure metal—requiring no treatment, such aselsewhere cause a large proportion of the costof production. Yet, not content with al'owingthe owners of the land to monopolize the storesof that metal which nature or providenceplaced there, and to sell it to the public for whatthey can get, the duty on imported copper is2)>£c. a pound; thus the mine owners are actuallypaid that much in addition to the price of cop-per in the world's markets and the cost of im-portation. Even this is not enough to satisfyboss Hubbell, of Michigan. He wants to raisethe duty on copper to 3 cents a pound.The trifling, bantering tone of leadingEastern papers, if not wholly excusable, iseasily explained. The issues before the countryare few, remote from action, or worn withlong discussion. Congressional debates are thinand trifling. The political parties are playingfor position, and counting on each other'sblunders. The capacity of the press for re-porting and discussing events does not findlegitimate and full exercise in solid, interest-ing and profitable matters. Yet the peopleexpect a prevailing flavor of politics in ed-itorial columns. If the drama, art and sciencewere preferred, national politics might betouched upon at present with more brevitythan seems to be agreeable to the conductorsof metropolitan newspapers, who, of course,are presumed to study the wants, or at leastthe habits, of their public. As writers findthat the merits of proposed measures have beenmade quite clear, ar c still there is no presentprogress in action, they unavoidably fall intothe vein -which now aarks the press. Monop-olists who are stead iy serving their own pur-poses, are doubtless content with their organs,which, with rare tact, manage to keep the peo-ple amused. It could be done almost as wellwith selections, but the apptarance of movingand wrestling with great problems must bekept up.The right of way conference committee metagain last night, and reached a conclusion to theextent of adopting a motion, by a voteof 7 to 4, outlining a route for the lineof the Santa Fe railroad from the westto the east end of the island. Theproceedings of the committee are recordedelsewhere, and therein will be found the routeproposed. It is believed that both a majorityand minority report will be presented to theCity Council, where the question must finallybe settled. If the veto of the mayor is sus-tained that will prove an end for the time be-ing at least to the avenue P route, in whichevent it is presumable that right of way overthe route outlined by the conference commit-tee yesterday will be asked by the Santa Fe.As far as the conference committee is concern-ed, its mission is now at an end, after deliver-ing its report or reports. Time has been givento think over and deliberate upon the question,and the City Council can meet it as intelligentlynow as it ever can. The necessities of the caseare manifest in the crowded condition of theport's trade, and in the almost imperative re-quirement that the Santa Fe be permitted toreach its east end property for its own accom-modation and that of the city at large.The new banking law prepared by theMexican president by authority of Congressis copied from the American law, with theexception that, instead of government bondsbeing deposited in the national treasury assecurity, the bonds «>f railroads being con-structed in Mexico which have paid interestfor the last year will be used. The banks con-forming to this law will pay only the stamptax. Other taxes will be levied on banks notconforming thereto.In the beginning of the century, when theBritish were attempting to wrest Spain andPortugal from the grasp of Napoleon, theyhad to lire C00 bullets from their smooth-bore,flint-lock muskets for every Frenchman theyhit, and it was estimated that to kill a manwith that rude arm required the expenditureof his weight iu lead. Lieutenant-colonel La-zelle, a prize essayist, thus sums up the workof the past two decades in improving the in-fantry weapon:In ac:s:rer*ate results of range, penetration, ac-curacy and rapidity of fire, the gain of power insmall arms in the I:.st twenty years may be safelyasserted as eight fiuxes greater in accuracy, two-thirds greater in range and penetration, and fivetimes greater in rapidity of aimed lire, while theweight of cartridges per man has been diminishedand the number that may be carried increased.Considering fcho relative areas of effective fire, eon-sequent upon increased range, it will be found thatthat of the modern breech-loader is thirty-twotimes greater than that of the old smooth-bore,and that the quantity of aimed fire is five timesgreater.The strides that have been taken in improv-ing heavy guns are no less notable. The terri-ble power of the 100-ton and 71-ton guns ofItaly and England is well known, but Kruppmakes guns of 9-inch caliber and IS tons weightwhich send a ball through 30 inches of solidiron, and some of his field guns can be depend-ed ou at a range of more than a mile and ahalf to put every projectile in a space less than200 feet square.GOOD FOR RAILROADS AND FOR THEPUBLIC.The class of railroad alarmists on the subjectof State or national control and supervisionmight take comfort if they would from severalnotable examples of railroad interests in soundand safe condition and prospering reasonablywell under the policy which they so muchdread. Tios is the case in Massachusetts. Itis the case in Illinois. According to recent as-surance;, it is eminently the case in Georgia.In South Carolina it is proposed to copy in sub-stauc-o the Georgia system, the principal featureof which is a board of commissioners designedto act as a sort of court of equity and arbitra-tion between the railroads and the public. Ahill, modeled in its chief provisions after theGeorgia railroad law, was recently passed, af-ter animated discussion, to a third reading inthe South Carolina House of Representativesby a vote of 7 to 35. It appears that the objections which this measure encountered in de-bate were precisely similar to those which wereurged against the measure under which theGeorgia railroad commission was or-ganized. This significant fact drawssome highly pertinent remarks fromthe Atlanta Constitution. " The conditionof affairs in South Carolina," saj"s the Consti-tution, so far as the relations between thepeople and the railroads are concerned, is notgreat! ." different from tha condition of affairsin Georgia previous to the adoption of ourrailroad law, and ir is not to be supposed thatthe operations of the law will be greatly differ-ent in its results. In Georgia there has been110 undue friction. The railroads have notbeen injured directly or indirectly. Theirearnings have steadily increased, and the vol-ume of travel has been great!;.' augmented bythe reduction of passenger fares to an averageof three cents a mile. Foreign capital has notbeen driven away, for there has beenmore foreign capital invested iu Georgiarailroads since the organization of the com-mission than was ever known in the history ofthe State. Railroad development has not beenretarded, and, indeed, the interests of the cor-porations have suffered in no particular.While this is true, there has been a vast, savingto the people in the shape of reduced rates andthe prevention of unjust discriminations." Theconservatism of railroad alarmists is not singu-lar. Its analogies are scattered all throughthe history of progress and reform iu the civil-ized world. No salutary or necessary changewas ever accomplished in the interest of sub-stantial justice or social safety without havingto overcome the opposition of some class con-tending with morbid aud perhaps maniac con-servatism for the maintenance of existing con-ditions. I11 proportion as such conservatismhas been able anywhere to hold its groundagainst peaceful and orderly reformsociety has been afflicted with thepernicious demagogue, the lawless revo-lutionist, or the armed despot. Againand again have the results of measuresbelied the lugubrious predictions of conserva •tive opponents. When the anti-corn law andfree trade policy triumphed in England therewere sturdy English conservatives who couldsee nothing but general ruin in the prospect.Iiut the inauguration of the policy was hot theend of thing?. On the contrary, it avertedviolent revolution, introduced an era of unpre -cedented prosperity and proved the generalconservation of all that was most worth con-serving. Likewise there were sturdy Englishconservatives who saw the end of things inevery step that was taken in Catholic emanci-pation and in the enlargement of the suffrage.What would England have been at this mo-ment had such conservatives always pre-vailed in that country? Politically she wouldhave been scarcely further advanced than shewas in the days of the heptarchy. Whatwould Germany have been at this moment hadselfish or fanatical sticklers for maintainingthings as they were had their way ? A pitiable as-sortment of petty principalities, incoherent andjarring, potent only in organizing misery andfeebleness for each other, if not the helpless con-quest of some neighboring power. Seeing, then,how often and how signally conservative alarm-ists have been controverted by events, it is notunreasonable to discount the visions of dis-aster conjured up by conservative alarmistsin railroad circles with respect to measures forabating anarchy and confusion aud establish-ing system and order in the railroad worldunder some sort of public regulations. Some-thing like this, it appears, has been done inGeorgia, and we have the testimony of a lead-ing and very well-informed journal of thatState that no undue friction has been experienced, that the railroads have not been injuredeither directly or indirectly, that railroadbusiness and profits have much increased, andthat " there has been more foreign capital in-vested in Georgia railroads since the organiza-tion of the commission than was ever knownin the history of the State." But Georgia isbut a fraction of the railroad world Thewisest and justest of railroad la^s for Geor-gia, for Texas, or for any other State, couldonly touch a small segment of the total rail-road problem. This problem is continental,enveloping all the States from the Atlantic tothe Pacific, from the gulf to the great lakes,and only national authority is capable ofgrasping it. The spirit of a wise conserva-tism among railroad interests would be glad,if possible, to hasten the day when they couldbe assured of peace, regularity, stability, sub-stantial justice under the sheltering as well asmoderating hand of that authority operatingover the whole extent of the country in a welldigested system of control and supervision.SPECULATING IN LAND FUTURES.A recent telegram from Austin, published inThe News, reports the lease of the Travis coun-ty school lauds by the Commissioners Court forS>£ cents an acre per annum, the lease being*for ten years. The county had been offered150,000 for the four leagues leased, whichamount, invested in G per cent, bonds of thecounty, would have yielded $3000 per annum.Instead of this tlje lease yields the county $1400per annum. In ten years the CommissionersCourt believed that the lands would increasein value more than enough to compensate forthe annual loss of $1000, the difference betweenthe rental and the interest in case of sale.These lands may increase in value in the ratioanticipated, and at the end of the lease beworth $100,000 In the market, thus vindicatingthe wisdom of the county officials. Yet whois to say that if the lands were then leasedanother ten years a corresponding advance iuvalue could not be as reasonably expected?When the question arises at the beginningwhether it is best to sell or lease the countyschool lands of Travis county the countyjudge and Commissioners Court have asimple proposition before them. Will a salenow not be at prices too low to yield a perma-nent fund sufficient to be of any materialbenefit, and will not a sale ten'years hence yielda much larger sum, the interest upon whichwill go far toward the support of publicschools? The increase in value is hypothetical,while the increase in the scholastic populationof the county is assured. In the first tenyears of the lease the loss in interest is $1000per annum, which would very considerablyaid in educating the children of this genera-tion. The sale deferred, this benefit is trans-ferred to the children of the county from 1893and thereafter. In the case of the sale ofthese county school lands the county officialsare not required to consider the loss accruingfrom withholding the lands from taxation andfrom permanent improvements upon them, orthe development of the resources of the coun-try which their sale would insure, because thelands are situated in a distant county. It is mere-ly a question whether the Commissioners Courtowes more to the scholastic population of tenand twenty years hence than to the children ofthis time and the ensuing ten years. Grant-ing everything in the way of increased valuesof the lands, it is believed that while the edu-cational wants of the country are so pressingthe paramount duty of the county governmentis to the present. Such lands have been idlein the case of a large majority of the countiesalready more than one generation since theywere acquired. Ten years from this time,when the lease expires, the promise of the fu-ture may be as tempting as now. This is theday and generation of speculation in futures,but it is also in Texas the day of utmost need.of education and of progress and thedevelopment of the country. The publicgenerally is content to leave the coun-ties to their own devices and totheir own speculations in the disposition oftheir school lands. Iu the nature of the case,this property usually being in a solid body, canbe better protected, better cared for andmore advantageously leased or sold by theCommissioners Court, composed usually of thebest class of practical business men and farm-ers, than the property of the general schoolfund scattered all over the State in alternatetracts with the railroad lands. Hence, if itappeal's to be the better Dolicy for the countiesto dispose of their lauds with the prime objectof affording the best educational facilitiespossible to the present scholastic population,without parting with a dollar of the permanentfund obtained by the sale, it would seem muchmore imperative that the State school landsshould be disposed of in the same manner. Andyet there is no measure that will be urgedupon the next legislature with more force andofficial influence than that of leasing the Stateschool lands. P is urged by the chief land of-ficer of the State, and by him justified uponthe same hypothesis that is assumed in the caseof the lease of the Travis county school lands.This is essentially an attempt to engage theState as trustee of the school property in aspeculation in land futures, while the schoolsare for the time being to be neglected. It willpractically destroy the competition for thelands, whi^h. under our institutions, rendersland monopoly very difficult or" impossible.Those who hold the lands now by force of theirflocks, herds and drovers will certainly con-tinue in possession by paying the State a smallstipend, much less than the interest fromtheir sale would yield. A leaselaw is a good law enough until it is tried. Sohas been every law passed for the sale or pro-tection of the public domain and the schoollands. The administration that now proposesthe lease law is the same that proposed the 50cents an acre reservation act, which has workedfor the exclusive advantage of the land specu-lator and land monopolist. It is not to be con-ceded that because an official upon all occa-sions by his acts and declarations exhibits de-votion to the public school interests, he is there-fore competent to protect them especially inadvocating a measure that practically post-pones to future generations the benefits nonecan need more than this. All these considera-tions are doubly reinforced by that formerlypresented in The News—the imminency of asystem by which thirty or forty million acresof land will be controlled and let out by theyear or term of years by a bureau of muchtempted officials, and the improvement anddevelopment of the country be retarded.THE POLICY OF MESSRS. VOORHEESAND BROWN.When Mr. Jefferson became president therewere but 316 offices in the United States sub-ject to appointment by the president. So Mr.Jefferson said. There are now more places inthe New York custom-house than there werethen in all the custom-houses. This may givean idea of the magnitude of the change in-volved in making a "clean sweep" of the of-fices, as Mr. Voorhee3 wants done by the nextpresident, if a Democrat. It may be said thatthe Republicans are selfish in trying to preventthis. Still, it is quite possible that the selfish-ness of partisans may be made to serve theends of wholesome reform. Otherwise thecause of reform would have a poor prospect,for who expects politicians to be otherwisethan selfish in their thoughts, aims and actions?Merchants are not unselfish when they buy inthe cheapest market and sell in the dearest.They think entirely of their own interest.hey aim only at serving themselves; but theyserve the public better than if they were philan-thropists. Commerce has done far more tocivilize the world than disinterested benevo-lence. Nothing but the aggregate of individ-ual interests included in the terms industry andcommerce can be relied upon ultimately to puta stop to war. When the people become suffi-ciently alive to their own interests to supportpoliticians in certain measures, not for theglorification of any party, but for the promo-tion of the common interests of a majority ofthe people, politicians will hasten to do thewill of the majority. They will ascertain itwith surprising readiness and find their re-ward in obeying it. Harper's Weekly appre-ciates the alarm which Mr. Voorhees's senti-ments must create, and reasons that Mr. Voor-hees is urging his party to a suicidal course.It remarks that "it is perfectly eas}r for theDemocratic party to lose the election of No-vember, 1SS4, before the 4th of March, 1883,and it will do so if it so completely mistakesthe situation as to obstruct reform." The de-bate in the Senate was proceedingwhen the words just quoted werewritten. Those Republicans who are aboveall things anxious for the success of their partywere eager to see the Democrats oppose Mr.Pendleton's civil service reform bill. Thereare other Republicans less in sympathy withthe present leadership and attitude of theirparty, who feel that obstruction to reform onthe part of Democrats may encourage the stal-warts in sham reform policies, and who there-fore appear to be sincerely desirous—as citi-zens and not merely as partisans—to see a wisereformatory action on the Democratic side, soas to bring every agency of moral compulsionto bear on the least tractable element in theRepublican party. To them it is of compara-tively little consequence which party succeeds,provided both parties can be made to move de-finitely from the old ground of spoils politicsto that of useful business methods. There isalso an increasing number of Democrats orcitizens, who prefer the Democratic party,but will not be bound to it underany and all circumstances, who will deeply re-gret if the party in the House of Representa-tives shall make no better record than themajority of Senators of the party have recent-ly made. The next president will not be aDemocrat if Mr. Voorhees and Mr. Brown areallowed to shape the policy of the party; and,therefore, there will be no clean sweep. Atthe same time the virtue of the Republicanparty may be considered as having no highersource than fear, and the Democratic partyneed not be judged more harshly than anyother party if a desire for success induces itsleaders to listen to reason aud shape theircourse with a decent regard to public opinion.It is results and conduct, not motives, withwhich the general public is interested. Thatpublic will next have to look to the conduct ofthe pavties in the House. Despite all sanguiueprophecies the Republican party is so farfrom being dead, that it occupies abetter position than it did during the last cam-paign while the political assessments were be-ing made, for it has learned something it didnot know, while the Democratic leaders, or atleast a full half of them, appear to have hadtheir heads turned by visions of success andspoils. To the genuine spoils partisan victorywould be of little value without permission tofollow it up with a general pillage of theenemy's goods. As, however, sacking citiesand putting non-combatants to the sword hasbeen banned from the practices of warfare be-tween civilized nations, the sack and confisca-tion of civil offices must be forbidden to thevictors in political strife. The time to put thepopular veto on political plundering is now.The public intelligence, having grasped thequestion and settled down upon a strong con-viction of the necessity of limiting the effectsof party contests, will not be deniedthe satisfaction and respect dueto its determination, and will doubtless handlethe Democratic machine statesmen moreroughly, if possible, than the Republicans havebeen handled. This is only an off-year, andthe temptations of prospective power appearto find the Democrats so yielding where theyshould be at least politic, that the phenomenonof the recent party display in the Senate cannot be explained without impeaching the rea-soning capacity of the Democratic leaders, un-less the fatal influence of local support, thecontrol of separate States, be considered ashaving decided cartain senators to sacrifice theparty, if need be, in a national sense. Butthis again implies that the party in those sena-tors' States is deemed by them to be averse toa reform of the civil service—n bad augury ofthe result, in the other Sta t: of the nextgeneral contest. It will not usually pay to beprodigally profuse in expenditure on thestrength of expected good fortune, still less toset at naught the dictates of jus-tice. The country is not so in debt to eitherparty that it should submit to any sort of im-position. If any Democratic leaders calculatethat the Republican party being so bad thecountry will be compelled to take the un-washed machine Democracy for a change, re-form or no reform, such Democratic leaderswill, doubtless, be entirely disappointed, andwill not live long enough to have the pleasureof partitioning the Federal offices, though theylive to be ninety. There is an element ofspunk in human nature which resents any cal-culation on its helplessness in choosing be-tween evils. Messrs. Voorhees and Brown de-liberately challenge the spunky feeling of Re-publicans, who would possibly elect the mostpronounced stalwarts to national offices ratherthan be forced to take unregenerate Hoosieror Cracker statesmen, with the sneer of com-placent Bourbonistic dogmatism upon theirfeatures and their hats full of camp-followers'names ready to grab the offices and make thepublic suffer for tearing the mustard plasteroff one blister by sticking it on a new placeand raising another as bad.THE GAME OF PHANTOM CONTRACTS.Bradstreet's, in an article on speculation andthe legislature, favors abstention by legisla-tive bodies from interference with trade asnow conducted. The practical morals of thequestion of speculation iu future contracts isleft open to conditions and surroundings." Let it be understood," says Bradstreet's, 4' thatthe trader whose capital is entirely embarkedin his regular business is a trustee to the restof the trading community. The capital in-volved so far belongs to his creditors that" toimperil it on the trade exchanges in merespeculation is a gross breach of trust, whichshould be visited by severe legal andsocial penalties. Whether Jones orBrown, who has a clear surplus inbank, should speculate in grain or cottonis a question of abstract morals, which does notconcern business journalism." There is matterin the adbove extract that is noteworthy. Toimperil what belongs to a creditor should bevisited by £i severe legal and social penalties."In other words, speculating with what is notone's own is criminal license, but with surplusfunds to one's own bank account is merely aquestion of "abstract morals." Bradstreet'swill find some difficulty, perhaps, in drawingthe line here. In the ordinary conditions oftrade as now conducted it is hard to separatewhat may belong to creditors and what maybe surplus. As long as funds are at the com-mand of men in trade, it is presumed that thefunds are their own. This is only decided whenthe result of the " deal" is made apparent.Surplus speculation, according to Bradstreet's,does not concern business journalism. Whatkind of "business journalism?" It may notdeeply concern a job-printing establishmentthat furnishes cue-cards to faro-banks atso much per thousand, nor special publicationswhose existence depends upon their ability tofurnish "points" in the great game of phan-tom contracts. Abstract morals are not ex-pected to be largely dealt in by business jour-nalism of this class. No one is expected to"curse the bridge that carries him over." TheNew York Tribune reasons more clearly andmore honestly than Bradstreet's, and the Tri-bune reasons, too, from the standpoint ofbusiness journalism. The Tribune insists thatthis buying what one never means to receiveand selling what one never expects to deliverfe neither necessary nor helpful to any honest ibusiness. Says the Tribune:If the game were always honestly played, therewould still be some faint connection with actualvalues: the side having the most money would, ofcourse, make prices at its pleasure, as uow. but themost money would be likely to be on the side bestjustified by conditions of demand and supply. Amarket of that sort does not suit modern operators,however Just as it is practically impossible tofind gamblers who will play a perfectly fair game,so it comes to pass in every market where dealingin phantom stuff is tolerated that the gamblers be-gin to make the cards and load the dice aeainsteach other. Tricks are employed, falsehoods arecirculated, production is manipulated to suit theschemes of the gambler, and the strongest andmost unscmpulous combine to fleece the rest.That is not a market. It is merely a great gam-bling shop. Its existence is not helpful to anyhonest business, because no producer or dealer canform any opinion what his actual product may sellfor at any future time. All reasoning and calcula-tion are out of place. The swindles of the variousoperators make prices, regardless of any reasonIt is claimed that commerce could not go on, ifsales for future delivery were prohibited. Thi:i isnot true, because commerce did go on in this coun-try for years without such sales, and does go onnow in countries where such sales are unknown.But if it be true that sales for future delivery areneedful, they can be of any service to commerceonly when made by persons who have got some-thing to sell. In other words, if sales for fu-ture delivery were strictly limited to the per-sons who hold the property they sell, therewould be as much sold as could by anypossibility be demanded for actual use in com-merce or manufactures. Nor is it at all difficultto restrict sales thus. There is not a commercialorganization in the country that could not sub-stantially stop all dealings in phantom stuff if itchose. The question is whether it ought not to becompelled by law to choose legitimate business in-stead of gambling. Brokers and dealers object,for they say it would cut off nearly all their busi-ness. In one week, not long ago, 120,000,000 barrel?of oil were sold, when there were not 35.000.000barrels in the country, and probably not 1,000,000actually changed owners. But if the gambling isso enormous that three-fourths or nine-tenths ofthe business of a large class of men would be cutoff if it should cease, So much the more reasonwhy it thould cease. The crop of ruined youngmen and of broken banks is large enough al-ready.STATE PRESS.What the Interior Papers Say.The Fort Worth Gazette does not seem to beso much opposed as the Flatonia Argus to thebill before Congress to appropriate $10,000,000to be distributed among the several States andTerritories for public education, on the- illite-racy basis. The Gazette says:The justice and necessitjT of the bill are! gener-ally admitted, but the New England press findsconstitutional objections, and argues that there isno warrant in tliat instrument to authorize Con-gress to appropriate the public moneys for educa-tional purposes. They say it would be but fairthat the whole country should contribute to theeducation of the colored population, but constitu-tional barriers forbid it. and that while the Southis to be commiserated she must be held to her con-stitutional obligations and made to educate herown negro children. Only change the bill so as todivide the $10,000,000 on the basis of population,and these same papers would doubtless find amplepower in the constitution for its passage. It ismainly because a very large percentage of theproposed appropriation is to be spent in the Souththat these trifling objections are urged.The San Antonio Times corrects the lyingstatement of an Arkansas horse-thief that heis a grandson of Davy Crockett, the famousTennesseean and Texas hero:Bob H. Crockett, editor of the Arkansas Gleaner.Eublished at DeWitt, Ark., and a real grandson ofavy Crockett, publishes a lengthy denial of thestory, and says: Colonel David Crockett at hisdeath left three sons, of whom the eldest was JohnW., who represented the same district in Congressas his father, and died in Memphis, Tenn., in 1852,leaving two sons. Bob H. and Charles W. Crockett,the Infer publisher of the Dover (Tenn.) Courier.His second son William, settled at and gave hisname to Crockett's Bluff, in Arkansas county, Ar-kansas, and died there thirty-five years since, leav-ing two sons—David and William. Jr., both ofwhom have been dead several years. His youngestson, Robert P. Crockett, by his second "and lastwife, is now living in Hood county, Texas.The San Antonio Express comes to the reliefof the young and artless chairman of the Dem-ocratic State Committee:During the recent campaign the DemocraticCongressional Committee at Washington sent $*0wor-h of Democratic tracts to Hon. John M.Clai-borne, Galveston, chairman of the State Demo-cratic Committee, but, as the express chargeswere not paid in advance, the package was allowedto remain in the express office until after theelection, and then returned to Washington at thecommittee's still further expense. The committeethink this was mean of our John, and are rathercrumpling him up at Washington, where thesachem of the Texas Democracy has been dis-porting himself of late. The effect of this ex-posure of Mr. Claiborne's refusal or neglect to in-vest a V in the f urthering of the glorious causewill probably be to cause him to retaliatewith vehement emphasis that he will nocbe a candidate for any office at the hands of thenext House. If he had paid that express chargeit might have been putting money v. here it woulddo the most good. However, Ave suspect that thefailure to secure and distribute the literature re-ferred to was not because our chairman begrudgedthe money, but rather that he thought nothingfurther was necessary in that line after he hadissued one of his soul-stirring circulars to theTexas Democracy. Few men are so pure andbeautiful in their Democracy as Claiborne: few canweep in greater anguish over his party's wrongsand woes; few shed tears of joy more copiouslywlien the fountain is touched by the music ofvictory, and it would be a dod-blasted shame if thecongressional committee repudiates him becausehe did not put up for the express charges.The Terrell Star gives the portraits andbiographies of the leading business men of thattown. The Cleburne Telegram gives a list ofthirty-seven solid men of Johnson county,avoirdupois standard. The heaviest weighs31G, and the lightest '303 poimds, the biggestbeing Billy Hilburn (colored).That judicious and candid weekly, theColumbus Citizen, speaks of "that sterlingTexas and Southern journal, The GalvestonNews," and says:It continues to hold its place in the front rank ofjournalism in the Southwest, and is invaluable tothe business, professional, agricultural, and me-chanical man in Texas. The paper has improvedwith the progress of the State, which it has everbeen so large a factor in promoting, and is recog-nized as the leading journal in Texas, with fewequals in the South.The Waco Examiner puts lawyers and doc-tors into the scales as follows:The books of the State comptroller show 3600registered lawyers in Texas and only 17#5 doctors.The annual occupation tax on each, whether law-yer or dof,torv is $5. The tax receipts of the yearshow that the 3G00 lawyers have paid the State$6G20, while the 1765 doctors have rendered intribute $8826. The Examiner believes occupationtaxes should bo reduced to a minimum, if notabolished outright, but as long as the laws (whichare framed by the lawyers) stand on the statuehooks they ought to be respected. The tax receiptsshow the doctors, as a class, to be far more law-abiding than the lawyers.The following is from the Hillsboro Mirror:The many friends of Rev. Thos. H. Compere, inthis county and throughout Texas, will learn withsorrow of his death, in Hubbard City, on Sundaylast. He died of typhoid fever, after an illness of afew days. The deceased was an able preacher ofthe Baptist church. He was fifty-three years ofage. His funeral was largely attended.The Terrell Star's Christmas edition is astunner—qjght pages of eight columns each,illustrated with the portraits of twenty-fourof the leading men of Terrell, beautifullyprinted, and well tilled with biographical andbusiness notices and descriptions of the townand county. The issue would reflect credit onany city in Texas.Of the statement that a number of Dallasbusiness men had the town written up by theNew Orleans Times-Democrat, and are nowdissatisfied with the write-up, the BrenhamBanner remarks:The moral is, if the Dallas business men had liadthe write-up done by one of their local papers itwould haw been done correctly, and as an adver-tisement of Dallas it would have accomplishedfully as much as the New Orleans paper.That aged minister whose sands of life havebeen running for forty years in advertisingquack nostrums and cheating the printers isnot the only mythical ministerial fraud. TheWaco Examiner mentions another:Preacher Constantine, of New Jersey, writes thepresident urging him to heed the prophecy ofWiggins, of Canada, that an awful storm willsweep this country in March. Constantine indorsesWiggins in solemn words, predicts woeful devas-tation of a social and political kind at the sametime, and proclaims that science is the handmaidof religion. Wiggins's kind of science is undoubt-edly the handmaid of Constantine*s kind of reli-gion. If President Arthur cared anything aboutthe welfare of the country he would prevent theawful things predicted by Wiggins and Constan-tine bj' giving each of them an office.This is not the only hope of escaping the dire-ful day. Weather prophets, like doctors,differ. Professor Venn&r is not willing to beeclipsed by this new seor:He says it is his opinion that the particular con-junction or astronomical condition upon whichMr. Wiggins hoses his March storms is more likelyto have a counterbalancing or quieting influenceupon the usual storms of the mouth, and that thesewill not be of more than ordinary severity.The Paris North Texan says:Texas is fast coming to the front as a wheat-growing country. The farmers find that there ismore money in it than cotton, and the crop is muchmore certain and not half so troublesome. Therearea number of industries which could be devel-oped in this State that would surpass cotton-rais-ing, and the quicker the farmers learn this the bet-ter it will be.A correspondent of the Tom Green Timescalls attention to the palpable injustice of thestatute of 1881, chapter 90, which providesthat herders of sheep and goats shall be finedwhere they trespass on another's lands afternotice, while the owners of all other stock arenot liable to any punishment, and the editoradds:He complains with great reason that this isyrong, and we heartily indorse his opinion. A lawwhich discriminates against any legitimate em-ployment is a disgrace to the legislature responsi-ble for its existence, and we hope the next delega-tion at Austin will either abolish it altogether ormake it include all classes.The Cleburne Telegram fires these randomshots at parties of the kind that were calledsh}darks (shyiocks) by a Galveston politician,a long while ago:The public domain of Texas must be protectedfrom land-grabbers and monopolists. Any workdone by the Eighteenth Legislature will not becomplete Jf this is neglected. The railroad mo-nopolies have the scalps of several of the leadingTexas newspapers dangling from their belts.Wonder who the monopolies will appoint almonerto the next legislature? In the battle between thecorporations and the people, Governor Hubbardhas announced nimself as favorable to the former.The Telegram says a good word for thispaper:The News is undoubtedly at the head of Texasjournalism, and in point of ability, enterprise andgeneral get-up, compares favorably with any news-paper published in the South.The Columbus Citizen says:Recently one hundred Ohio editors visited F'oridaon an excursion. AH deadbeats of the proiessionwere doubtlees represented.Such parties are always first to put in ap-pearance, like poor relations at a social gather-ing.From first accounts it seemed as if Christmasin Texa.- had gone by without the usual accom-paniment of accidents and disorders. Theredoes not yet appear to have been many of theformer; but the San Antonio Express says:Crime and Santa Claus have both been holdingcarnival the past few days. Too much whisky.The Calvert Courier says:The marshal gave "the boys "the usual privi-leges 011 Christmas day. and thev seemed to enjoyit. The " colored troops " had the city on Monday,without doubt. The conduct of the negroes in thiscity on Monday was such as to excite the seriousapprehensions of good people, and to arouse thefear of the well-meaning whites that riot, with itsfearful consequences would follow their action.And in this connection we will speak plainly to thefreedmen of their position and duty. They must,sooner or later, be made aware of the fact that theproperty-owners and white people of Calverthave some rights that they are boundto respect. On Monday the great drunken brutesstaggered over Main street defying alike the law,the respect due decent people and even evinced astrong inclination to engage in mob violence.These vicious negroes go far beyoud what the veryworst white men would dare do, and if the officersattempt an arrest they absolutely defy theirauthority! We would not injure the hair of acolored man's head, if he is a good citizen, butwhen it comes to these whisky-crazed crowds ofnegroes taking possession of the town and makingwar upon its government, then it is that we favoran appeal to the law of self-defense.The best time to put a stop to such disordersis the earliest. Faithful public officers whowould promptly arrest the first offenders wouldprevent such cases as are described by theCourier. There is no more reason for hostilityand riot during Christmas than at othertimes. At a recent Vermont squirrel hunt by twoteams of eighteen men each the winners count-ed 13,000 to the losing 5010. When the loserssent in their order the winners had cleaned outthe market.Lazy and dull feelings are sure precursorsof sickness, which nothing but Hop Bitters willbanish." My wife," remarked Fitzboodle, "is fairlycrazy over the winter fashions. She's got thedelivery trimmins."THE GREATREFOR PAIN.CURESRheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica,Lumbago, Backache, HeaJache, Toothache,Sore Throat, Swellings. S; rains, Bruises*Burns. N« ahls, Fruki Bites,ASD ILL OTHER BODILY PAI5S A.\D ACHES.Sold by Dru^flsU and Dealers everywhere. Fifty Ceuti a bottle.Directions in 11 Languages.Til*! CHARLES A. VOGFLEHCO.(Soocsmom to A. VOtiitLER * CO.) Baltimore, Ed., U. 9.A.OURME. Gr. a. HARRISON,Of Houston,will be in your city in a few days toTUNE IPI^MOS,etc. Should your Piano need any attention pleasegive him v our order, and I will guarantee his work.Your order v. il» find him at your postoffice.Yours, respectfully,X-OTJXS GB.XT35'3WAX:2)VAgent for the celebrated STEIN WAY, KNABE,PLEYEL, FISCHER, BEHR BROS, and PEASEPIANOS.No. 50 MAIN STREET, HOUSTON-Branch ofNew Orleans houses.SPECIAL NOTICES.Notice is hereby given that neitherthe captain, owners nor the undersigned agentswill be responsible for any debts contracted bythe crew of the British Bark MARK TWAIN.H. A. YAUGHAN & CO., Agents.AUCTION SALES.UNDERWRITERS' SALE"opCANNED G00DS,Etc.Y^7E WILL SELL THIS DAY, AT 10 A. M.. ATV V our Salesroom, Strand, for account of whomit may concern:300 CASES TWO-POUND TOMATOES.200 CASES THREE-POUND TOMATOES.80 CASES JELLY AND PRESERVES.80 SACKS COFFEE.'■> SACKS FLOUR. Also, one lotBEDSTEADS, ONE PARLOR SUIT,One lot of FURNITURE. 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Limbs, and Sud' " ~ - "lesh.den Flushes of Heat, Burning in the FlesiA few doses of RADWAY'S PILLS wilsystem of all the above named disorders.Price, 25 Cents Per Box-SOLD BY DRUGGISTS.READ " FALSE AfiD TRUE."Send a letter stamp to HADWAY & CO>;No- 32 Warren Street, New York.Information worth thousands will be sentto you.TO THE~PUBLIC.There can be no better guarantee of the value ofDr. Raoway's old established R. R. R. Remedies thanthe base and worthless imitations of them, as thereare False Resolvents, Reliefs and Pills. Be sureand asl: for Radway's, and see that the name" Radway " is on what you buy.DR. RADWAY'SNT!The Great Blood Purifier.FOR THE CURE OF CHRONIC DISEASE.Scrofula or Syphilitic, Hereditaryor Contagious.WHSTHEB SEATED IN THELung's, Stomach, Skin, Hones, Fleshor NerTes,CORRUPTING THE SOLIDS AND VITIATINGTHE FLUIDS.Chronic Rheumatism, Scrofula, Glandular Swell-ing. Hacking Dry Cough, Cancerous Affections,Syphilitic Complaints, Pleeding of the Lungs. 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Scarlet, Typhoid. Yellow and other fevers(aided by Radway's Pills) so quick as Radway'sReady Relief.It will in a few moments, when taken accordingto directions, cure Cramps, Spasms, Sour Stomach,Heartburn, Sick Headache, Summer Com"plaints. Diarrhas, Dysentery, Colic, Wind in thepowels. and all Internal Pains.Travelers should always carry a bottle of Rad-ay's Ready Relief with them. A few drops inwater will prevent sickness or pains from changeof water. It is better than French brandy or bit-ters as a stimulant.THE TRUE RELIEF.Radway's Ready Relief is the only remedialagent in vogue that will instantly stop paiu.Fifty Cents Per Bottle-125 PoktolDe Street,GALVESTON, TEXAS.TEXAS BRANCHnew orleansCotton Seed Ass'n.HIGHEST MARKET PRICE PAID FORCOTTON SEED.SACKS AND TWINE FURNISHED.For further information ad Ire-sGr. C. STREET, Agent,HOUSTON. TEXAS.NEW ORLEANS, August £6, 1882.MR. O. C. STREET is our only authorized Agentin Texas.NEW ORLEANS COTTON SEED ASS'N.MflJllffr,SUCCESSORS TO SUCCESSORS TO!, SiRATTOK & CO. G.H.MEMMBRO.WHOLESALEGROCERSAnd Importers,COTTON FACTORSANDGeneral Commission Merchants,Corner Strand and 22d Streets.K. G. DUN & CO., Prop'rs.ROBERT S3I1T2I,District Manager, Galveston, Texas.Reference books issued quarterly, compiledfrom the most reliable information. Collection ofpast due claims a specialty. For terms of sub-scription apply at our offices in Galveston. Hous-ton, Dallas, San Antonio. Fort Wo th nd Waco.HOTELS.THE NEW HOTEL DAM,Adjoining and connecting with theUNION SQUARE HOTEL, corner of 15th streetand Union Square, New York,Is Now Iteady for the Reception ofGnests.Location the most desirable, and accessible toall poiuts of interest in the city. Elegantly fur-nished throughout and with every modern conven-ience and sanitary improvement. Superb salons,elegant restaurant and dining room, and choicecuisine. Fifty-two suites, with bath and toiletroom attached.A. J. DAM & SON, Propr's.ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL,BROADWAY, NEW YORK.American Plan.300 Rooms at $3 30 per day, including all Meals,Apartments, Lights and Attendance. Meals areserved at all hours from G a. m. to 12 p. m.European Plan.200 Rooms at $1 per day and upward, in con-nection with a very superiorRestaurant at Moderate Prices.This Hotel, replete with all Modern Improve-ments, iR very conveniently located ou Broadway,is first-class in all its appointments, and has beenlong known as having no superior in New York.tJRIAH WSLOiS,Proprietor.Also Proprietor of the New American, Richfield,Springs, Otsego county, N. Y , a Celebrated Sum-mer Resort of great attractions and unequaledSulphur Springs Theodore Gittinos,Room Clerk.JERSEY AND H0LSTEIN CATTLE,Tmported, Reg-istcrod and Pure Bred,For sale at my Jersey herd farm, five miles west o£Galveston, on the bay shore. I have no grades inray Jersey herd. Both herds are headed by regis-tered males. The finest milk and butter strains inAmerica are represented la my herds. Terms rea-sonable. P. N. HARRIS, P. O. Box 4^4, Galveston,Texas.LIGHTNINGPost Hole AugerOne man can bore 200 holes a day, inany kind of soil, wet or dry. Very strongand durable. Order from your mer-chant cr send money to u&Price each,Adjustable tobore from 7to 10 1-2inches indiame- M Smallerter. size for treeplanting. Larger, withextension handle, for tsjegrapiiconstruction.CURTIS & CO. MFG. CO.* Sole Manufacturers, ST. LOUIS, MOWe beg to call the trade's attention to the im-portant fact of having purchased largely duringthe summer of such goods as were lowest in priceand adapted to the requirements of merchantsduring the months of January and February toragricultural purposes, whereby we placed our-selves in a position to successfully compete withdistant markets for interior patronage, and canconscientiously promise prompt shipments.J. S. BROWN & CO.,Wholesale Hardware Merchants,Strand, Galveston, Texas.C. A. KEATING, .Dallas,Resident Partner.GEO. J.KEATING,Kansas City,Special Partner.C. .Y. KEATING,Wholesale Agricultural Implements,grl^s and mill machinery,State Agent fcr FCRST & BRADLEY M'F'G CO. Plows, Cultivators and Sulky Rakes. ERIE CITYIRONWORKS. Engines, Boilers and Saw Mills. J. I. CASE. Steam and Horse-Power Threshine Ma-chinery. OHIO STEEL BARB FTNCE CO. FISn BROTHERS Farm and Spring VVaicJUS. RICHlfbNDCHAMPION GRAIN DRILL. DALLAS, TEXAS.WITHIN THE REACH OF ALL—ONE DOL-lar for six months. Delay not. Keep postedas to the markets. Full and accurate reports ineach issue of the Weekly News,P. J. WILLIS & BRO.,COTTON FJLCTORS,Importers and Wholesale Dealers inGroceries, Dry Goods,Boots, Shoes Hals Cats and Notions.GALVESTON, TEXAS.SARGENT & STEIRER.GRAIN AHO PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS,Agents for the South",'est and Mexico forniOSZaSR BAHMAKN & CO.'S Fire and Burglar Proof Vaults, Doors and171 STRANDGALVESTON.GROCERIES—LIQUORS.GALVESTON.BEST QUALITYCooking OilNOW READY,AND FOB SALE BYGALVESTON OIL CO.Just ReceivedJUST RECEIVED.250 boxes NAPKIN SOAP. Each bar has a Nap-kin wrapped around it.300 boxes Silver Spoon YEAST POWDER.. Eacnhalf pound Can has a triple-plated Spoon in it.150 boxes EDISON'S ELECTRIC SOAP—(betterthan Dobbins.)200 Fkgs PICKLED PIGSFEET.o. seeliosoist sc co.ToTHETRADE!DON'T BE BULLDOZED BY THE WATERS-Pierce Oil company. Make no contractsfor oil against your own interests.i am selling,and will continue to sell.Oil at 15c. per GallonSEND ME YOUR ORDERS.Isaac Heidenheimer.NEW CROPSUGARSANDMOLASSES.LeGierse & Co,TOBACCO!S. W. Venable'sCELEBRATEDANCHORAND66e. c."NAVIES.MILLER & ENGLISH,SOLE AGENTS FOR TEXAS.I3ST STORE:2000 BAGS COFFEE.TO ARRIVE, EX-FA.VORXTS,3000 BAGS COFFEE,All of Best Selections-HAVE STILL ON HAND250 BOXES N0. t & 2 FIREWORKSWo will Closo at Great Sacrifice*"We are now again prepared to execute all ordersfor that reliable anu well-known brand erf ChewingTohaceo,CH R 0 M 0,.M.JJII tffl!COTTON FACTORS,Wholesale Grocers and Importers.E. Gr. CTilLDS,Wholesale Dealer inC0AL&C0KE,DALLAS, TrXAS.State Agent Osage Coal and «Nining Company.Contracts made for the delivery of coal ana coketo any railroad depot in the State.Dr. W. I. Ducie,Office and Besldeuoe, 223 Market St.,l UP-ST AIRS.)Office Hours—9 a. m. to 10:30 a. ra.; 3 to 3 p. m.;5 to 6 p. in.NOTICES.GAThewill bJANL(v£8T0lfICE-COMPANY.3 freld at tb meeting of the stockholders^.Y 8,0 Company's office on MONDAY,.•3, at 11 a. m."''""~~ThN FELL JAQUES, Secretary.NOTICE.a'NATIONAL BANK OF TEXAS, )Galveston, Dec. 21, 1882. fT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARDof directors the semi-annual dividend of 5 percent, on capital stock was declared payable on andafter January 4,1883, and 8 per cent passed toSurplus Fund. ROBT. J. JOE£*. Cashier.SPECIAL NOTICE.OFFICE GALVESTON WHARF COMPANY, 1Galveston, Texas. December 26, 1882. )The annual meeting of the stockholders of theGALVESTON WHARF COMPANYwill be held at their office, on Central Wharf, onMONDAY, THE 1ST OF JANUARYnext, at 10 o'clock, a. m.By order of the President:JOSEPH AIKEN. Secretary.NOTICE.rpHE STOCKHOLDERS OF THETexas Banking and InsuranceCompany'are hereby notified that, in accordance with thecharter, the ANNUAL ELECTION for 13 Directorsto serve for 1883 will be held at the Banking-houseon 1st DAY OF JANUARY, 1883, it being the firstMonday in the month. THE POLLS will be openedat 10 a. m. and will be closed at 12 m.N. B. SLIGH, Cashier.TO BONDHOLDERS.The City of Galveston will, through its Treasurerand Finance Committee,ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 2, 1S83,for the purpose of investing the idle sinking funds,in accordance with the ordinances of the city,REDEEM BY PURCHASE810,000 5 Per Cent. Galveston FortyTears Limited Debt Bonds,and every month thereafter $5000 of the same issue.Proposals to sell said bonds to the city will be re-ceived by the undersigned until DECEMBER 30,at 12 m. Bids will be opened December 30. Thecity reserves the right to reject any and all bids.W H. NICHOLS,Chairman Committee on Finance and Revenue,City of Galveston.giif, colorado and santa fe railway,SECRETARY'S OFFICE,Galvestox, Texas. December 18,1882.rjTHE SEMI-ANNUAL INTEREST ON THEFIRST MORTGAGE BONDSof this company, due January 1, 1883, will be paidat the National City Bank, New York city, and atthe office of the company in the city of Galves-ton. F. P. KILLEEN, Secretary.To WIiorrL it May Concern.The undersigned has been appointedadministrator of the estate of Jose de Solarza-no. deceased. All parties having claims againstsaid party will present their claims within the timeprescribed by law. A. m. bruni,Administrator.Laredo, Webb county, vTexas, December 4, 1882.IS! otice.ALL orders OR complaints, toreceive nrompt attention, should be left acthe office of the Company, in the Brick Budding, onmarket Street, Between 24th and 2otl»Street*,Between the hours of 8 and 12 o'clock a. m.AUG. BtTTLAR. Secretary.NOTICECOTTON EXCH ANGE BONDHOLDERS.Notice is hereby given that all outstanding bondsof the GALVESTON COTTON EXCHANGE arecalled in for payment, and will be redeemed at theoffice of Ball, Hutchings & Co., on TUESDAY,JANUARY 2, 1883, .aid that said bonds will bearno interest after that date. W. L. MOODY,President Galveston Cotton Exchange.Official: A. G. Mjli s, Secretary.Notice of SaleTHE UNDERSIGNED OFFER FOR SA]reasonable terms, the property of the FIREBRICK AND TILE COMPANY, situated in thetown of Kosse, Texas, on the line of the Houstonand Texas Central railroad. These works are com-plete, and fitted for the manufacture of stonewarein great variety. The main pottery building is 5Oxir>0 feet, containing eight turning wheels, twogigers and three round built brick i"nma«?es. Alsoone flower pot and one drain tile machine. In fact,all of the latest improved m.-chinery uhijohhi j* f°rthis business, which has no competition in theState. Wood and water abundant and convenientIn connection wi«h the pottery worts there is afire trick-yard situated on the land (about 250acres., which affords the wood and clay. Besides,there are the best of flre-biick and tile presses, Ironcrushers and round brick furnaces on the place.For further particulars, addressKAUFFMAN & RUNGB,Galveston. Texas,or apply iu person to M. ALLEN,Texas.RATES ANDofRE8ULAT10N8WHARFAGEOF THEAFBXZ, 1, 1881. *'AB vessels and their owners landing goods on theW-i*arTe8 5}*ere*?3* contract to pay, and are respon-"ible for .he wharfage on the same, according M< be following*- rates, to be collected from the vesselsor their ageois: « ct*■Anchors and Chains, per l»)ft Th* 5Barrels, wet *" 6Barrels, dry '..'.Ill 5Barrels, empty, wet 3Barrels. i*mpty. dry 2Barrel Staves, per M * 30Bacon, per cast 25Bacon, per 1 ase . *Bagi; or Sacks ir hales, per cubic foot... . ." 1Bagging. per cubic f oot * * J * jBaggmg, per 10rt yard roll, each j 6Bagging. p*r 50 yard roll, each "* 3Baskets, per nest * 2Ballast, per ton 25Bales, over 5 cubic feet, per foot 1Bedsteads, each 10Bedsteads, common, each 5Bedsteads, boxed, per cubic foot 1Bellows, per cubic foot 1Bananas and Plantains, per bunch 2Breakfast Bacon, per box 5Boxes, liquors, cheese, soap, caudles, etc 3Boxes extract, coffee, ink, bluing, etc. (small).. 2Brooms^per dozen 3Broom Handles, per M 50Broomcorn. per bale 5Brick, fire, per M 60Brick, common, per M 50Bran, per sack 4Bran, per ton of 2000 lbs 50Blinds, Doors and Sash, per cubic foot 1Boilers, steam, per 100 Sw ... •>Bones and Horns, ner ton of 2000 lbs 30Bone-dust, oer ton of 2000 ... 50Bone-black or Bone meal, per sack of 100 lbs... %Bolts and Spikes, Rivets, Nuts and Washers,per aeg 5Buckets, per dozen 5Buckets, well, per dozen 8Butter, per iceg .1...... ... 3Butter, per firkin *" \Building stone, rough, per ton of *240 5ba 5JBuggies, each 50Buggies boxed, per cubic foot ." .1Carboys, each, full joCarboys, empty ■ . 5Casks, wine ,*!*!... 2UCasks, hardware, per 300 E>s - !*.!!. 5Casks, merchandise, per cubic foot lCarriages, each 75Carriages, boxed, per cubic foot 1Carts, each 25Castings, hollow or solid, per 100 tt>s 5Cattle, grown, each Cattle, two-year-olds, each Cattle, yearlings, each 10Cattle, calves, each 30Champagne, m baskets 5Chairs, per bundle <.2 each) 5Charcoal, per sack 3Cotton, per bale, landed 10Cotton, per bale, shipped 10Cotton, per sack 10Coal, dumped in cats, per ton of 2240 fcs 30Coal, dumped on wharf, per ton of 2240 lbs GOCoal, in Oasts 2?Coaches, Stage, each 1 u0Corn, per sack 3Corn, m shuck, per bbl 3Cotton Seed, per ton of 2000 lbs. cargo 25Cotton Seed MeaL per ton of 2000 lbs 30Cotton Gins, per cubic foot 1Cotton Plahters. each 10Corn Planters, each 10Corn Shellers 6Corn Mills, per cubic foot 1Coffee, per sack of 135 lbs 4Codfish, per drum of 500 Bis 15Cordage, per 100 IDs 5Cotton Ties, per 100 lbs. (inward) Cotton Ties, per 100 lbs. (outward) 5Copper, per 100 lbs 5Copper, pig, per 100 lbs 5Canned Beef, per case 2Coal Oil, per-case 2Cocoanuts, per 100 25Collars, Horse, per dozen 5Crates. Crockery or Merchandise, per cubic ft.. 1Cultivators, each 30Drays, eacn £5Doors, each 3Demijohns, full 2Demijohns, empty 1Dry Goods, in case, per 100 lbs 5Filters, boxed or otherwise, per cubic foot .... 1Flour, per sack 3Flour, per half sack ..I'...'..'.. 2Fustic and other Dye-Woods. per ton Of 2000 ibs 50Fertilizer or Guano, per ton or 2000 tt>s 50Furniture, boxed, per cubic foot lGroceries, dry, boxed, per 100 lbs 5Grain, for export, including Bran, per 100 3>s.. 1Grind and Millstones, per 100 lbs 5Gunny Bags, in Dales, per cubic foot 1Hardware, per 100 lbs 5Hames, per dozen 4Hams, per cask 25Hay. per bale 10Hay. per half-bale 5Hogsheads, empty 5Hogshead Staves, per M 50Hay Cutters 6Half barrels, wet 3Half barrels, dry 3Half barrels, empty 1Herring, per box 1Hoop Poles, per M 25Horses and Mules, each 50Hogs 5Horseshoas, per keg 5Household Goods, per 100 lbs 5Hides, loose, each 1Hides, in bales, per 100 lbs.. 5Hides, green, in^bundles of 2 each 3Ice, in hogsheads 25Ice. as per invoice, less 30 per cent, for waste,per ton 50Ice Cream Freezers, each 2Iron, boiler, plate, bar, hoop, wrought, sheetand galvanized, per 100 fts 5Iron Pipe. Gas and Water, per 100 lbs 5Iron Shutters and Wrought Fittings, per 100 lbs 5Iron, junk and scrap, per con 50Iron, pig, per ton of 2240 lbs 50Iron Safes, over 3000 lbs, per 100 lbs 10Iron Safes, under 3000 lbs, per 100 lbs 5Junk, in bales (except iron) 10Kegs, merchandise 3Laths, per M 10Lemons, per box 4Lead, per 100 lbs 5Lumber, per M 3)Leather, per 100 lbs 5Malt, per sacs 5Marble, per 100 lbs. dressed 5Marble, per ton of 2000 rough 50Marble dust, per barrel 5Machinery, per 100 lbs 5Mineral Ores, per ton of 2000 lbs 50Mowing Machines, each 50Moss, per bale 5Matting, per roll 5Nails, per keg 3Nails, per half keg - 2Oakum, per bale 5Oats, per sack 4Oil Cake, per sack 3Oranges, per box 4Ordnance Stores, per 100 lbs 5Oysters, per bbl 5Paint, per 100 lbs 5Pails, per doz 5Pails, flour, per nest 3Paper, printing, per bundle 3Paper, wrapping, per ream 1Pecans, per sack 3Pianos, boxed, per cubic toot 1Pine-apples, per 100 25Plows, each 5Plows. Sulkv 25Plow Material, k. d., per 100 lbs 5Potash, per 100 lbs 4Posts, fencing, each 1Powder, kegs 4Powder, half-kegs 2Powder, auarter-kesrs 1Railroad Material for construction and opera-tion:Railroad Iron and Steel Rails } Per Ton 1R. R. Fish Bars, Plates and Chairs V of v 30R. R. Frogs, Spikes, Bolts and Nuts I 2240 lbs. )R. R. Iron Bridges. Locomotives. (Per Ton of J, lY1R. R. Trucks. Wheels, Axles, etc. j 2240 lbs fR. R. Iron, for street railroad, per ton 2240 lbs.. 50R. R. Passenger Cars, each 15 00R. R. Passenger Cars, Narrow Gauge 10 00Railroad Platform Cars 800R. R. Platform Cars, Narrow Gauge 5 00R. R. Lumber, per M feet 30R. R. Ties, eight feet long, each 2Raisins, per box 3Raisins, per half box 2Raisins, per quarter box 1Rags, per bale 10Refrigerators, per cubic foot 1Rubber Belting, per 100 lbs 5Roofing Slate, per ton of 2000 lbs 40Rope, per 100 lbs 5Salt, per sack 3Sand or Soil, per dray-load 5Sewing Machines, each 10Sewing, K. D., per 100 lbs 5Sieves, per package, 2 dozen 4Sawdust, per dray-load Shot, per 100 lbs j>Shingles, per 10Sheep, each 5Shooks, box, per carload 5 WSliooks, box, less than carload, per 100 lbs 5Shell, per dray-load 5 bbls Soda, in casks and drums, per 100 fcs -Shovels and Spades, per dozen jjSpices, per sack ^Stoves, per cubic foot 1Sugar, per hogshead * Sugar per •>Sugar. Havana, in boxes 1°Smokestacks, per 100 lbs Stoves ana Trimmings, per 100 lbs 5Sulkies Tierces Beef ^Tierces Lard Tierces Rice ^Tierces Hams Tierces Tallow, etc. . : Tierces with bbls. inside l<jTierces, empty : •••• v/*v*v— .JTimber, Walnut, etc,, per ton of 50 cubic feet.. -£Tin Plate, per 100 lbs Tin, pig, per 100 lbs .... - • • • JTobacco, chewing, per 100 lbs... 5Tobacco, smoking, per cubic foot lTiles, per ton of 2000 lbs 50Trunks, filled with merchandise or nests bTubs, per nest £Trucks, Railroad, per 100 lbs 5Wagons, each Wagons, Spring or Cane *5Wagon Material, K. D.. per 100 9>s 5Washing Machines, each 10Washboards, per dozen 4Watermelons, each 1Water Coolers 2Wire, per 100 lbs 5Wheelbarrows 5Wheels and Axles, railroad, per 100 ®>s 5Wheels and Axles, log carrier 75Wood, per cord 25Wool, per sack 10White Lead, per 100 lbs 5Zinc, in rolls, per 100 lbs 5Goods not in above list will be charged in pro-portion. say: Less than forty pounds to the cubicfoot will be classed as measurement and charged 1cent per foot: forty pounds and over to the cubicfoot will be classed as weight, and charged 5 centsper 100 poundsAll goods and articles of every kind, landed orreceived upon any of the wharves, are thereafterat the risk of the owners, and not of the Company,and must be removed the same day, or, at fur-thest, the next day. After which time, any ofsaid goods and articles remaining on the wharves,the owners and consignees thereof will be respon-sible for, and will l»e charged an additional wharf-age of one-third the rates specified in the preced-ing schedule for every day they so remain, andmav be removed by the Wharf Company withoutfurther notice (at the risk and expense of thegoods and the owners and consignees thereof 1 toany part of its premises, continuing the charge foradditional wharfage each day they remain on saidpremises. Or the Wharf Company may have thesame removed and stored elsewhere than on itsown premises without further notice (at the riskand expense of the goods and the owners and con-signees thereof), and the same will be held untd^The^omjSay1 hereby gives notice that It will notbe liable for losses if caused by excessive and un-usual weights, or by piling up heavr articles, simdas salt more than four sacks high, and rauroaairon more than three tiers high, on the *Or by lauding articles of extraordinary *eignt,such as locomotives, without special permission (lawriting) from the Company's agent; but that itwill hold all person^ liable for 6uch damages asmav be occasioned by overloading tae «narves,without special permission. ... .. , The Company also gives notice thatlt does notundertake storage, ana will not be responsible forlosses or damage, from any to goods or ar-ticles landed or -eceived on Ita wharv«.All vessels of fifty tons and over not engaged inreceiving or discharging oargo, or seized by legalpn^-ess and lvinsr at the wharf after such seizure,will be charsredi&arfa^ at the rate of five centsper registered ton 'or.eaL*L. esseK? ^than tSty tons will be chained wharfage at the r*t«°f(Sf STsufpnieotsfrom the interior to be deliver, ato a vessel or agent on through bat of lading, iucarrier placing produce, good*, etc., on the wharlSbfiTiSScHMf Secretary.1..... 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